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a newbie's take on the A3 switcher
RReid:
Looks like a fine start! :ThumbsUp: :popcorn:
Kim:
Great looking set of wheels there, Pogo! :ThumbsUp: :popcorn:
The biggest challenge on the tender wheels is doing everything EIGHT times! :Lol: It's nice once you get past this are are only making a few similar parts. I find the production work kind of monotonous.
Kim
Chipswitheverything:
Making a good start on the build, hope that it gives much enjoyment as it proceeds. You made a mention that the feeds on your cross-slide and top-slide, ( presumably not the carriage traverse as a whole?) are working in the reverse direction... How do you get on with that? The dial gauges that you are using for reading measurements are a help in checking direction, but for machinists who are using other machines that work in the "normal" direction, which is what feels instinctive, it would present great difficulty, sometimes hazard. If you later get hold of a mill, or perhaps a second, smaller lathe, that work conventionally, it's something to be aware of. Dave
Pogo_proptie:
--- Quote from: Chipswitheverything on November 02, 2023, 09:44:03 am ---Making a good start on the build, hope that it gives much enjoyment as it proceeds. You made a mention that the feeds on your cross-slide and top-slide, ( presumably not the carriage traverse as a whole?) are working in the reverse direction... How do you get on with that? The dial gauges that you are using for reading measurements are a help in checking direction, but for machinists who are using other machines that work in the "normal" direction, which is what feels instinctive, it would present great difficulty, sometimes hazard. If you later get hold of a mill, or perhaps a second, smaller lathe, that work conventionally, it's something to be aware of. Dave
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yeah it's mostly to program my muscle memory with that machine to go counterclockwise as increase.. and yes i am quite scared that one day i will scrap a part by slamming a tool in there on the last operation.
now i just realised that turning between center is giving me a heck of a taper so something is wrong with my tailstock.
Kim:
--- Quote from: Pogo_proptie on November 02, 2023, 04:18:41 pm ---.. and yes i am quite scared that one day i will scrap a part by slamming a tool in there on the last operation.
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Yeah, I've had that problem even though my handles turn in the conventional direction! So this could only make it worse! :o
Kim
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